My RCS just died.

Ok.
My experiences (and those of many others) tell me that the Shrimp won't thrive with the fish. YMMV
It's possible that it just died. I've been lucky. I started with 25 (which all started breeding) and then split them and added another 25 (all shipped). I've hatched a quite a few hundred shrimplets and shipped those off as well along with giving them to friends.
I've had 3 die. 2 jumped up in a Fluval Edge and got caught in the small slot between the tank rim and the lid. I lost a huge female who had stopped laying eggs 6 months before and turned a dark red/purple after that. She was already large when I got her. Her body was 1-1/8th inches long and she was "robust" when she passsed. It was upsetting.
Have you got a KH/GH kit? Have you ever used copper in the tank for the other fish? You sure no Ammonia or Nitrites? Your PH at 7.2 is fine... it's more important that it remain stable.
 
I've found it's just a personal preference as far as the fish and shrimp. (if i'm hungry, i always choose fish over shrimp... ) in my tank(s) i have fish and shrimp coexisting. i did notice that before i had my 2 ember tetras in my shrimp tank.. they swam around a lot more.. spent time upside down at the water surface hanging on duckweed.. but not so much any more.. they basically hang down low or on the driftwood and plants. that said.. my RCS are still breeding like gangbusters.. while your guppies may be too small to eat your juvies, rest assured that they will try and eat the babies. fish aren't like us.. they will eat what is edible until they just can't anymore. besides that, shrimp see fish as predators. their behavior definitely changes when they are in the tank. I don't believe it's a bad thing. i mean.. it's not like there are shrimp in the wild that are free from the concern of predators...
 
TheFishBoss97 said:
anyone know how long it will take the 2-3mm baby shrimp to get to a mid adult size

thanks
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They can be berried in six weeks, but depends on the enviroment. In a 10G, I think it takes at least 8 weeks, and over three months is also common.
 
My shrimp get along perfectly with the breeding pairs of guppies/platys. I watch them a lot and the fish complete ignore the shrimp and the shrimp swim around the fish when I feed them. No fighting/attacking between the shrimp/fish. I even have a baby SAE that is .75-1.0 inches long in the tank with the shrimp. They all get along fine. I will be moving the SAE to my 72 gallon bow front in a 4-6 weeks as it gets a little bigger.

lots of hiding places for shrimp in case they do get attacked so they feel safe in the tank
 
I just found another dead female. She was not berried. :(
Now, I have 3 berried adult female CRS, and 1 male adult CRS.
But, I have 10+ baby shrimp(the largest about 1cm long).

IDK on why they are dying. The other shrimp/fish/snails are all okay. Water parameters are fine.(no contact with anything metal related)

Possibly old age???

I found her dead a couple hours back.

:(
 
Sorry to hear another has passed , But IDK why , I had 8 die while back all in about 1-2 weeks and then nothing for the last 4 months and i havent changed anything other then filter and water change , so could be just one of them things :werd:

good luck
 
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